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EDDIE REESE , MEN'S HEAD COACH2013 TEAM USA DUAL IN THE POOL COACH2012 TEAM USA ASSISTANT MEN'S OLYMPIC COACH2011 TEAM USA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS HEAD MEN'S COACH 2008 TEAM USA HEAD MEN'S OLYMPIC COACH

Reese is in his 37th year as head men's swimming coach. The three-time U.S. Olympic men’s head coach has established a championship tradition and set the standard of excellence in the collegiate swimming world. Eddie has led Texas to ten NCAA team titles in his 35 seasons in Austin. He is the only college swimming coach to win NCAA team titles in four separate decades.

Reese's Longhorns are the defending Big 12 Conference Champions, and look to move up from their second place finish at the 2014 NCAA Championships. After placing 21st at the NCAA Championships in his first season (1979) at Texas, Reese's teams have never finished lower than seventh at the national meet. His Texas team enters the 2014-15 season with two incredible streaks to its credit: 35 consecutive top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championships and 35 consecutive conference titles. Along the way, Reese has developed 43 NCAA individual champions, 32 national champion relays, 204 All-Americans and 27 Olympians who have won 29 gold medals.

At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy, five Reese-coached athletes helped Team USA to five gold medals and three world records. His selection by USA Swimming as the head men’s Olympic swimming coach for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, represented his third stint as the head men’s Olympic coach for Team USA, also serving in 1992 and 2004. Seven of Reese’s current and former swimmers joined him in Beijing and accounted for about one-third of the 22-member USA team while capturing eight gold medals, one silver medal, and setting four world records. Reese's string of U.S. Olympic coaching also includes three other Olympiads: 1988, 1996, and 2000.

Reese started the first Longhorns Swim Camp in 1978 and has always been one of the head coaches. His eye for talent, a genuine caring for his athletes, and the ability to communicate and motivate are reasons he was named the 2009 American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year. His passion for swimming and knowing the ingredients that are necessary to produce champion swimmers, are reasons the Longhorns Swim Camp has thrived for the past 35 years. For Eddie's full bio, please click HERE.top

CAROL CAPITANI, WOMEN'S HEAD COACH2013 TEAM USA DUAL IN THE POOL HEAD WOMEN'S COACH2013 TEAM USA WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES ASSISTANT COACH

Carol Capitani is in her third season as the head coach of women's swimming & diving.

Carol's second season on the Forty Acres ended with a ninth-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Nine Longhorns swimmers earned All-America honors. The Lady Longhorns also captured their 12th Big 12 Conference title. Capitani's first season with the Longhorns culminated with a ninth-place finish at the 2013 NCAA Championships and Texas' first NCAA individual swimming title in 12 years, along with earning 11 All-America swimming honors.

Capitani molded Laura Sogar into a NCAA champion in the 200-yard breaststroke, as Sogar became UT's first NCAA swim titlist since Colleen Lanné in 2001. Under Capitani's tutelage, Sogar went on to win a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke and bronze medals in the 100m breaststroke and 400m medley relay at the 2013 World University Games, where Capitani served Team USA as an assistant coach.

Capitani spent the last 14 years at The University of Georgia during two different stints. She was as an assistant coach for 12 years (1996-2008) before returning to Athens in the summer of 2010 and serving as associate head coach for the last two seasons. Capitani worked as the assistant head coach for the Singapore National Team from 2009-10, and also served as an assistant coach for the women's U.S. National Team at the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey.

As an assistant at Georgia, Carol was part of four NCAA championship titles and three runner-up titles with the Lady Bulldogs. She also has been a part of six top-10 NCAA finishes with the men's team, and she has helped the Bulldogs garner five SEC championship titles. Capitani worked primarily with the main group and also worked closely with the breaststrokers.

Prior to Georgia, Capitani served a three-year stint as the Associate Coach for the men's and women's program at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. While at Villanova she helped lead the Lady Wildcats to three consecutive Big East Championship titles, and several men and women at Villanova scored at the NCAA Championships each of those years.

Capitani spent her collegiate swimming career at the University of California Berkeley, where she accumulated eight All-America honors in the individual medley and breaststroke events. She graduated with a B.A. in English and completed her Master's degree in English at Villanova University.

KRIS KUBIK, MEN’S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH2015 TEAM USA WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES ASSISTANT COACH

Kris Kubik continues a 32-year coaching association with Eddie Reese and The University of Texas. Kubik will be an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea. He has also served as an assistant coach at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, special assistant to Eddie Reese as a member of the USA Swimming coaching staff at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and as an assistant coach for Team USA for the 2007 Pan American Games.

When Reese took the Texas job in the spring of 1978, Kris followed, serving as his chief assistant through the 1981 season when the Longhorns captured their first NCAA championship title. Kubik then left UT for four years, serving as age group coach of the Nashville Aquatic Club and later for the Longhorn Aquatic Club. He returned to UT in 1985 and has been an integral part of the long running success of the men's program, which includes 10 NCAA national championships and 35 consecutive conference titles.

Along with Reese, Kris is a Longhorns Swim Camp pioneer and has been involved over the years with every aspect of the camp's operation. He lends outstanding enthusiasm, experience, and knowledge of the sport, which enriches the camp experience for everyone. For Kris's full bio, please click HERE.top

RORIC FINK, WOMEN'S ASSISTANT COACHRoric Fink is in his third year as the assistant coach for the Texas Women's Swimming program. Fink Comes to Texas from the University of Missouri where he served as the associate head coach for two seasons.

Roric has coached collegiately since 2003, spending eight seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Arizona from 2003-10. He also built up one of the nation's top aquatics clubs -- Ford Aquatics in Tucson, Ariz. -- starting in 2000. Prior to that he worked with the Phoenix Swim Club from 1995-2000, while assisting with the U.S. National Team. He has worked with Olympic athletes such as Jeff Rouse, Gary Hall, Jr., and Klete Keller.

During his time as a coach he has developed NCAA Championship level athletes. He coached Arizona National Champions Lacey Nymeyer, Dave Rollins, Tyler DeBerry and Marcus Titus with the Ford Aquatics program before going on to compete for the Wildcats. His club won the USA Swimming National Championships in 2011.

Fink also brings international coaching experience to Texas. He coached Amanda Beard as she qualified for the 2010 Pan Pacific Championships and the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, China. He has served on the USA Swimming coaching staff for the 2008 National Junior Team and the 2010 NSCA All-Star Team. In 2006, Fink represented Mexico as a member of their coaching staff at the Short Course World Championships. For Roric's full bio, please click HERE.top

JON ALTER , CAMP DIRECTORJon Alter is in his 20th year with the Longhorns Swim Camp, and 16th year as Camp Director. He oversees all administrative and organizational areas, and also acts as the Director of Operations for Texas Swimming & Diving. The Richmond, Indiana, native served as a Longhorn Swim Camp counselor for four years prior to taking on director responsibilities in 1999.

Alter has 19 years of age group and high school coaching experience and has coached athletes to the junior and senior national levels. He spent the 1998-99 season as a volunteer coach for the University of Tennessee women’s swimming program. At Texas, Jon was a volunteer assistant coach for the Longhorns women’s swimming team from 1999-2004, and an interim assistant coach during the 2005-06 season. In his time at Texas, he helped the women's squad to five top 10 NCAA finishes and five Big 12 Conference championships. top

JOSH DAVIS, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND GUEST COACHOne of the nation’s most talented and congenial athletes, Josh Davis enters his 19th year with the Longhorns Swim Camp. The two-time Olympic team captain (1996, 2000) returned from the 2000 Olympic Games with two silver medals captured in the 400 and 800 freestyle relays. In the 200 freestyle, Davis placed fourth, (1:46.73), setting an American record. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Josh earned three gold medals - the most won by any man in the entire U.S. delegation. Davis competed for The University of Texas, is a four-time NCAA champion, and a member of the 1991 NCAA championship team.

Josh is known internationally for his superb public speaking and motivational work with children. He resides in Oklahoma with his wife, Shantel, a former Longhorn volleyball player and their five children.